More noxious than stupid, considering that the dogwhistle will probably resonate well within the empty skulls of its target audience:
Sen. John [Neely] Kennedy released a new campaign ad over the weekend accusing “woke leaders” of blaming police for “surging” violent crime in his home state.
“Look, if you hate cops just because they’re cops, the next time you get in trouble, call a crackhead,” Kennedy said at the end of the ad.
(Or maybe it is stupid, since the strategy of calling a crackhead is unlikely to work out very well given that 1)as I noted earlier, the FBI confiscated his phone and 2)even if he gets the call, he’s unlikely to defend you very effectively by attacking the mugger with a pillow.)